you should read through some of these posts.

no seat lock to bid “up.”

now, the real question is if you really want to go back through training again a few months after going the first time.

 

Anyone have the latest class drops? Maybe for the 10/31 or the 11/7 classes?

 

Looks like 320 FO IAH, 737 FO IAH, 756 FO EWR, 737 CA DEN, EWR, SFO

So is this the beginning of NH CA bids?

 

Check back after the drops have happened

 

Yes, but.... anyone with a CA bid will be an FO for a while. At the very least you do the Q course for FO and spend 9ish getting 500 hours. Then you come back to TK and do the full course again followed by 100 hours of OE. There is a whole slew of contractual stuff that has to happened to the 17k pilots senior to you before that can happen.

Q - Why don't I just bid CA and wait for my turn?
A - When you bid into a new seat you have no control over when you go to training. That is one of the many reasons we have unfilled vacancies. Guys don't want their holiday plans ruined. They are sitting on their bid until the next round trying to game the schedule and get a class after then new year.

IMHO there will be another wave that take the upgrade after the new year. There will be another wave that take the upgrade right before the best reserve improvements are implemented. All this hand wringing about direct hire CAs will be like a bad memory.

 

Latest class drop from today anyone ?

 

The seniormost 7 took Captain bids.

Nobody forced into Captain. 12 Captains slots total . Last Captain 9 from the bottom of the class

bottom 8 got IAH 320 FO

 

I think it's great. Unbelievable by historical standards here but still pretty awesome. Enjoy this blip in time while it lasts

 

Do the new hires who bid captain get captain pay right off the bat?

 

no they need to meet the requirements first.